{"id":3188,"date":"2015-02-03T15:41:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T20:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/interchange4peace.org\/?p=3188"},"modified":"2019-02-09T16:48:07","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T21:48:07","slug":"2013-14-annual-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/interchange4peace.org\/?p=3188","title":{"rendered":"2013-14 Annual Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>INTERCHANGE ANNUAL REPORT 2013\/14<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Highlights of Our Work over the Fiscal Year<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>(Please read below or <a title=\"President's Report 2011\" href=\"http:\/\/interchange4peace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2013-14_AnnualReport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download the PDF version by clicking here<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>InterChange\u2019s 2013-2014 fiscal year was one that brought great <a href=\"http:\/\/interchange4peace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/AR2014_Image1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3194\" src=\"http:\/\/interchange4peace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/AR2014_Image1.jpg\" alt=\"AR2014_Image1\" width=\"150\" height=\"153\" \/><\/a>successes and also great sadness.<\/p>\n<p>In August 2013 we lost our dear friend Anne Goodman, President of InterChange, to cancer. Anne\u2019s vision has been the driving force behind InterChange. She leaves behind a strong network of peacebuilders who are dedicated to continuing to advance her legacy and the message that \u201cEveryone Can Be a Peacebuilder\u201d.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>2013 AGM<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>InterChange held its 2013 AGM on November 3 in Toronto to remember the year. Those who gathered, including InterChange board member Tor Iorapuu (from Nigeria), acknowledged the huge web of relationships that Anne had built and that linked InterChange members together. In response to email communications about Anne\u2019s health and passing, the InterChange community and others around the world had sent a wave of messages of support and grievance, and they shared countless stories about how Anne had touched their lives. It became clear that InterChange was much more than an organization \u2013 it is built on the basis of relationships and is a place for people to connect with the ideals that Anne stood for and communicated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/interchange4peace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/AR2014_Image2-e1422994933601.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3195\" src=\"http:\/\/interchange4peace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/AR2014_Image2-e1422994933601-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/interchange4peace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/AR2014_Image2-e1422994933601-239x300.jpg 239w, http:\/\/interchange4peace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/AR2014_Image2-e1422994933601.jpg 392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a>In advance of our AGM a message had been sent out to InterChange members to share stories about their activities. People provided a picture that suggested that members are building peace in a wide range of ways including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seminars and courses provided over Skype and in-person<\/li>\n<li>Supportive coaching to help people find inner peace<\/li>\n<li>Undertaking research on peacebuilders<\/li>\n<li>In-person meetings and relationship building<\/li>\n<li>Using sport, in particular soccer, to build peace<\/li>\n<li>Providing community-based theatre programs<\/li>\n<li>Mindfulness and compassionate understanding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A number of people commented on how Anne and InterChange had helped them to discover their passion and move towards their current practice.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In the spring of 2014 a number of working groups and committees were built or strengthened to support the following priorities: <em>Communications<\/em>, <em>International Connections<\/em>, <em>Online Workshops<\/em>, <em>Food and Peace Connections<\/em>, <em>Health and Peace Connections,<\/em> and <em>Storytelling in Peacebuilding<\/em>. These will advance InterChange\u2019s capacity to foster sustainable peace both locally and internationally.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>LOCAL CENTRE ACTIVITIES<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/interchange4peace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/AR2014_Image3-e1422995044653.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3191\" src=\"http:\/\/interchange4peace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/AR2014_Image3-e1422995044653-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"http:\/\/interchange4peace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/AR2014_Image3-e1422995044653-300x173.jpg 300w, http:\/\/interchange4peace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/AR2014_Image3-e1422995044653.jpg 501w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Uganda<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p>Throughout the year InterChange Uganda continued tosupport peace through sport with its theme of \u201c<strong>Play soccer make peace\u201d. <\/strong>It also provided community peacebuilding and counselling services, and ran an internet caf\u00e9. On November 16, 2013 \u2013 the International Day for Tolerance \u2013 the group held celebrations at St Anne\u2019s Primary School in Lutengo. The occasion included music, dance, planting a tree<a href=\"http:\/\/interchange4peace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/AR2014_Image4-e1422995107159.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3192\" src=\"http:\/\/interchange4peace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/AR2014_Image4-e1422995107159.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"103\" \/><\/a> in honour of Anne Goodman, and a soccer match.<\/p>\n<p>During the year, Jenny Jimenez and Stephen Sillett (InterChange GTA) visited the Uganda centre\u2019s projects at Lutengo and met the Chapter and the Soccer for Peace team. They also visited micro-finance projects run by Jessica Kaahwa an InterChange member.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nigeria (Jos)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Jos, Nigeria, InterChange\u2019s partner organization Youth, Adolescent, Reflection &amp; Action Centre (YARAC) helps Muslim and Christian youth find common ground and work together. The organization uses a number of InterChange tools such as drama to engage participants, who are invited to tell and write down their stories, dramatize them, and share them with the community. Soccer games also help to create the bond among youth with different ethno-religious backgrounds. One of the principles of these soccer games is <em>We play to share, not to win<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Canada (GTA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In December 2013, InterChange GTA resumed holding monthly meetings to bring local members together to reinforce and nurture the organization\u2019s primary vision and its mission of supporting peace builders in bridging knowledge and practice. The monthly gatherings have been held on the first Saturday of the month at the OISE, University of Toronto. With international members joining in through Skype connections, these meetings have allowed InterChange to reconnect its members, better gauge members\u2019 interests, and advance InterChange activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Croatia (Vukovar)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Coalition for Work with Psychotrauma and Peace (CWWPP), InterChange\u2019s partner in Vukovar, Croatia, continued its individual and group counselling efforts and continued to offer its Course for Workers in Areas of Regeneration (CWIAR). InterChange members from several countries have asked to receive training in this course and efforts are being planned to offer the course through electronic means. This year, the CWWPP also began a relationship with the Croatian Ministry of Justice so that people can do community service and restorative justice with the organization. Further, the CWWPP has amplified its efforts to support people who were extremely traumatized as children.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>2013\/14 INTERCHANGE BOARD <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>We would like to take this time to thank all of our 2013\/14 Board Members:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anne Goodman (President until August 2013) \u2013 Toronto, Canada<\/li>\n<li>Anthea Darychuk \u2013 Toronto, Canada<\/li>\n<li>Nadia Fazal \u2013 Toronto, Canada<\/li>\n<li>Tor Iorapuu \u2013 Jos, Nigeria<\/li>\n<li>Wilson Omalenge Ndenyele \u2013 Mombasa, Kenya<\/li>\n<li>Pamela Snell \u2013 Toronto, Canada<\/li>\n<li>Charles Tauber \u2013 Vukovar, Croatia<\/li>\n<li>Carolyn Webb (Secretary) \u2013 Ottawa, Canada<\/li>\n<li>Umar Weswala \u2013 Kampala, Uganda<\/li>\n<li>Michael Wheeler (Treasurer) \u2013 Toronto, Canada<\/li>\n<li>Violet Yimbo \u2013 Kisumu, Kenya<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INTERCHANGE ANNUAL REPORT 2013\/14 Highlights of Our Work over the Fiscal Year (Please read below or download the PDF version by clicking here.) InterChange\u2019s 2013-2014 fiscal year was one that brought great successes and also great sadness. In August 2013 we lost our dear friend Anne Goodman, President of InterChange, to cancer. 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